French Bread Pizza
This recipe for French Bread Pizza is easy to make. It is an excellent snack or weeknight meal.
Ingredients
- 1 lb French loaf cut in half lengthwise (not a baguette)
- 8 oz Mozzarella
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- One half batch of No Cook Pizza Sauce or your favorite pizza sauce
- Pizza toppings as desired sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, etc
Instructions
- Heat oven to 450 degrees. In small saucepan melt butter and add olive oil, garlic and red pepper. Cook for about 2 minutes being careful not to let garlic brown.
- Using a baking sheet press down on bread to evenly flatten the loaf. Place bread on baking sheet and spread butter mixture over loaf with a pastry brush.
- Spread ¼ of mozzarella over bread and bake for about 5 minutes until cheese starts to melt. Remove from oven.
- Add tomato sauce, top with remaining cheese and other desired toppings. Cook on baking sheet 8 to 10 minutes until cheese starts to brown.
Notes
Adapted from Serious Eats